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Placido Domingo

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The second of nine programmes featuring performances by the great tenor, presented by Michael Oliver. Although Domingo is noted for the wide variety of his operatic repertoire, it is perhaps in the heroic Italian field that he has made his biggest mark. This performance of Verdi's Ernani was recorded live at La Scala, Milan, in December 1982. The opera - written in four acts to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after the drama by Victor Hugo - tells of the love of the outlawed Ernani for Elvira and of his vow to avenge the death of his father at the hands of the king, Don Carlo , who is also in love with Elvira.
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala,
Milan, conductor Riccardo Muti Discs Next Saturday, Domingo conducts and sings in Johann Strauss 's Die Redermaus

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Oliver.
Unknown:
Francesco Maria Piave
Unknown:
Victor Hugo
Unknown:
Don Carlo
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Ernani:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Don Carlo:
Renato Bruson (baritone)
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva:
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
Elvira:
Mirella Freni (sop)
Giovanna:
Jolanda Michieli (mezzo)
Don Riccardc:
Gianfranco Manganotti (tenor)
Jago:
Alfredo Giacomotti (bass)

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